Monday, March 18, 2013

Lock Laces Giveaway: Win, Exchange, or Promo Code

Have you guys ever heard of Lock Laces?

Have you ever had your laces come undone mid-race only to lose precious seconds and possibly the marathon first place spot because you had to stop and re-tie your laces? Yeah, me neither. But I have had my laces come undone, nearly trip over them and almost fall flat on my face. I am always annoyed when I have to stop to retie them, not because a first place win was in jeopardy, but because my clumsy self will surely trip if I don't stop. Besides, Ollie does not like to take unexpected stops on our runs. This pictures demonstrates what would probably happen to me.

Since we don't want to lose our teeth or fall flat on our faces, Lock Laces can help prevent these embarrassing situations. You see, once you lock the laces in, they don't come undone. You can slip your shoe on and off without ever untying again. Brilliant, right?

When I first read the instructions on how to secure the laces, I thought it looked complicated, but turns out I was just over-thinking things again. Other than a little trouble opening the bottom clip part, it was so easy a dummy could do it.

Ollie, get out of the way! I am trying to take a picture!

So easy a dummy could do it.

I wanted to share Lock Laces with you for a couple of reasons. One is that I have FOUR pairs to giveaway! All you have to do is a leave a comment on this blog post telling me why you would like to win them and fill out the Rafflecopter form for your chance to win a free pair. I will ship out one pair each to four lucky winners! There are plenty of optional ways to earn extra entries into the contest.

Yes, my dear male readers, I do realize that these are hot pink. Just remember, real men wear pink.

Secondly, if you don't want to wait for the contest, Lock Laces is hosting a shoelace exchange until the end of the March. If you send in your old laces everyone can get a FREE pair of laces direct from the company, you just pay the shipping & handling.

To trade up just send in your old shoelaces along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to the address below and LockLaces will send you a coupon for a free pair of LockLaces redeemable at www.locklaces.com. (Shipping & handling not included.)

LOCKLACES™ Shoelaces Exchange

2225 Sycamore Street
Harrisburg, PA 17111

If you don't want to mess with a shoe lace exchange or if you are reading this after March 31, I highly recommend that you check out Sneakers and Fingerpaints blog post about Lock Laces. Kat has a discount code (TLT4C) on her blog for free shipping and Lock Laces is donating 20% of the proceeds from each sale made through her site to her charity, The Little Things for Cancer. Click over to her site for all the details to use the promo code TLT4C for free shipping.

I wanted to share these with you because I thought you would appreciate the opportunity to win a pair, exchange your old laces for a pair, or get a free shipping code and help support a charity.

Contest Rules:
No purchase necessary.
Contest runs from 3/18/13 - 3/24/13.
4 winners will be randomly selected via Rafflecopter.
Winner will notified via email (if email address is available) and blog post.
Winner will have 48 business hours to claim their prize.
If original winner does not claim prize within 48 business hours an alternate winner will be selected.
Prize will be shipped directly from Texas. Running for Dummies Blog will pay shipping.
Contestants must enter on the Rafflecopter form and leave a blog comment to win.
Must have a shipping address in the US to win.

*Disclosure:These thoughts and opinions are my own. I was
provided Lock Laces free of charge to try but I’m under no obligation to give them a
positive review or any review at all. If I hated them, I’d tell you.
Good Luck!

I always have to double knot my shoelaces then have to either fight to get them untied or try to slip or wiggle out of my shoes with the laces still tied. These would be so awesome!! :) These are my absolute favorite color too!

These look really cool. I want a pair for me, but if I won them, I would probably try them on my 6 year old daughter's shoes. She has really skinny feet and has trouble tying her shoes tight enough to stay on by herself. These look like they would be easier for her.

I don't have a problem with laces coming undone, but I do have a problem finding the perfect way to lace my running shoes. It tends to get way too tight or loose. I see I'm not the only one with this problem but I'm still thinking "Come on Evelin, how hard can it be to just get it right?!" Anyways, seems like the LockLaces might be the solution to this problem.. :)

I don't have a problem with my shoes coming untied since I double knot them but I'm training for my first triathlon and would love these for the running transition! I think trying to double knot after swimming and biking may just do me in!

I'm a klutz, and even when I tie my shoes with a double knot, they STILL manage to come untied! It's so frustrating and even more frustrating when you have to stop during a race to retie your shoes - wastes precious time! (not like I'm going to win, but still!)

I am a chronic lace-re-tie-er, though usually it's because I can't quite get the right tension. I also double tie though and hate to have to pick at the knot when I go to re-tie. These probably would help me speed up my bouts of running O.C.D., ha ha. Thanks for tip! I might just have to add these to my running wish list!

My left shoe lace always comes untied ... I keep telling myself that I need to get those gadgets we used to put on babies shoes (am I telling my age) LOL I didn't know about lock laces .. great giveaway..

I would love love these as my laces are always coming undone. Double knots don't seem to work and I feel Terrible for making my run buddies stop while tie my laces but the break is nice on long runs :)

I would so love these, first Pink is my favorite color & the other is my husband says I must be the clumsies person out there because i am always managing to fall or trip for no apparent reason. I guess you can say he worries about me now especially now that I started running to start my journey to being fit & just a healtier me.

I would so love these, first Pink is my favorite color & the other is my husband says I must be the clumsies person out there because i am always managing to fall or trip for no apparent reason. I guess you can say he worries about me now especially now that I started running to start my journey to being fit & just a healtier me.

I believe I read a blog review for these a few months back, and I was interested in them right away. Lock Laces joined the ever growing list of running or fitness related goodies I want. Right now my family is seriously living on a budget so I try not to spend money on anything unless it is a necessity. It would be great to win these, and exciting too.

Love my lock laces! Essential for triathlon where time spent tying shoes is time wasted! I also have them on my racing flats as for some reason Brooks decided to use these ribbon-like laces that ALWAYS come untied, even when double-knotted. And of course my kids love lock laces as they're too lazy to tie their shoes!

Since I train with my toddler and our jogging stroller I already have to deal with stopping multiple times. It's either his books flying out of the stroller or a snack bag that he's done with. He likes to keep me on my toes:)It would be nice to lessen the amount of times I stop by having a pair of these!! Especially when I train for a fast run! I'm trying so hard to improve on my time so it would be nice to not have to worry about my laces!Thank you!